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Good direction merges a playwright's words, incredible design elements, and a fine acting ensemble into a tour-de-force production of a Pinter classic.
Hartford Stage opens its new season with the world premiere of "An Opening in Time", a play about Connecticut people by a Connecticut playwright, Christopher Shinn.
Shakespeare & Company Presents Stephan Wolfert's Cry Havoc Shakespeare & Company presents Cry Havoc, Stephan Wolfert's one-person play that unites veterans with civilians and Shakesp…
John Guare's adaptation of the play "The Front Page" and its movie adaptation "His Girl Friday" is fast-paced, fun comedy, beautifully staged and well performed.
WAM's Fresh Takes Showcases a Pulitzer Prize Winner WAM Theatre presents a staged-reading of the Pulitzer prize-winning Water by the Spoonful by Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes, as its next event in…
Karen Allen directs this fine production of an early Terrence McNally work.
Veteran Broadway musical actress Karen Murphy plays the Hollywood "Super Agent" in John Logan's play.
A sumptuous production with dazzling choreography, fine performances, and the warmth and wisdom of Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein.
PITTSFIELD – Those late great Broadway writers Betty Comden and Adolph Green have enjoyed a banner year this season. Their first musical collaboration with Leonard Bernstein and Jerome…
STOCKBRIDGE – Ira Levin's comedy thriller Deathtrap opens the Berkshire Theatre Group's summer season at the Fitzpatrick Main Stage in Stockbridge. A record breaker as Broadway's longe…
"Deathtrap" Set to Thrill Stockbridge The Berkshire Theatre Group presents Ira Levin's Tony Award-nominated Deathtrap (July 1-25) at its Stockbridge campus. A record holder for Broadway's lo…
A world premiere by and starring David Adkins and directed by Eric Hill presents a strong portrait of the natrualist author of Walden and his views on civil disobedience.
On The Road to The Berkshires You may think of The Berkshires as New England's cultural mecca. Between the theatre offerings at Berkshire Theatre Group, Barrington Stage, and Williamstown; t…
HARTFORD – Kinky Boots has all the right elements of a Broadway blockbuster: a solid book by Harvey Fierstein, a rousing score by pop songstress Cyndi Lauper in her Broadway debut, bri…
The Harvey "Girls" Two Broadway blockbusters, both based on obscure foreign films, come to area stages this month, and both feature scripts by legendary Broadway baby Harvey Fierstein. (He's…
A great production kicks of the theatre's 10th season in Pittsfield, MA, and Jeff McCarthy is a tour de force Cervantes.
Great Barrington, Mass. Â " Berkshire Pulse, the dance and performing arts education center located in downtown Housatonic, hosts its special 10th Anniversary Performance and Gala Celebrat…
A sizzling revival of the Cole Porter classic, staged by Darko Tresnjak.
Another Opening, Another Show Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak will helm Cole Porter's "Kiss Me, Kate", his first musical since winning the 2014 Tony Award for Best Direction …
By Mark G. Auerbach Goodspeed Musicals presents “Guys and Dolls”. Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. Book by Jo Sweling and Abe Burrows based on the stories and characters of Dam…
The national tour of "Camelot" is playing Hartford this week. Great score, sparse production, and an outstanding performance by Tim Rogan as Lancelot.
WESTFIELD – Westfield State University and Westfield Vocational Technical High School (WVTHS) have teamed up for the third consecutive year, this time to produce sets pieces for the un…
From Times Square and Shubert Alley to the Ringstrasse and Schubertstrasse, April showers us with great tunes from Broadway's "Guys and Dolls" and Vienna's great classical composers. Guys an…
HARTFORD, Conn. – Mona Golabek is an accomplished pianist, actor, author, radio host, storyteller, and a child of a Holocaust survivor. Her mother, the pianist Lisa Jura was a child pr…
Matthew Lopez's new play "Reverberation" is a story of three outsiders in New York City looking for a connection.
